This author has contributed to the following articles in the Encyclopedia.Barry, MarionMississippi native Marion Barry was an early leader in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and later became a political leader…Bender, William AlbertIn 1934 Rev. William Albert Bender began serving as chaplain at Tougaloo College near Jackson, and he was serving in…Bevel, JamesJames Bevel was born 19 October 1936 in Itta Bena, Mississippi. After graduating from high school, Bevel served a stint…Block, SamBorn in Cleveland, Mississippi, in 1939 to Samuel Theodore Block Sr., a construction worker, and Alma Block, a domestic, Sam…Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) was especially important in Mississippi from 1961 to 1966. CORE was formed in Chicago…Dorsey, L. C.Born on 17 December 1938, Lula C. Dorsey grew up sharecropping in Tribbett, Mississippi, and from an early age took…Guyot, LawrenceOn 17 July 1939 Lawrence Thomas Guyot Jr. was born in Pass Christian, the oldest of five sons of a…McComb Civil Rights MovementLocated in Pike County, in southwestern Mississippi, McComb was founded in 1872 as a repair station for the Illinois Central…McDew, ChuckBorn on 23 June 1938 in Massillon, Ohio, Charles Frederick McDew moved to the South when he enrolled at South…Student Nonviolent Coordinating CommitteeIn the midst of the civil rights sit-ins of 1960, Ella Baker organized a conference for student activists at Shaw…Watkins, HollisBorn near the Lincoln County, Mississippi, town of Summit on 29 July 1941, Hollis Watkins, the youngest of John and…Zellner, BobBorn in Alabama on 5 April 1939, John Robert Zellner was the second of James Abraham Zellner and Ruby Hardy…
Barry, MarionMississippi native Marion Barry was an early leader in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and later became a political leader…
Bender, William AlbertIn 1934 Rev. William Albert Bender began serving as chaplain at Tougaloo College near Jackson, and he was serving in…
Bevel, JamesJames Bevel was born 19 October 1936 in Itta Bena, Mississippi. After graduating from high school, Bevel served a stint…
Block, SamBorn in Cleveland, Mississippi, in 1939 to Samuel Theodore Block Sr., a construction worker, and Alma Block, a domestic, Sam…
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) was especially important in Mississippi from 1961 to 1966. CORE was formed in Chicago…
Dorsey, L. C.Born on 17 December 1938, Lula C. Dorsey grew up sharecropping in Tribbett, Mississippi, and from an early age took…
Guyot, LawrenceOn 17 July 1939 Lawrence Thomas Guyot Jr. was born in Pass Christian, the oldest of five sons of a…
McComb Civil Rights MovementLocated in Pike County, in southwestern Mississippi, McComb was founded in 1872 as a repair station for the Illinois Central…
McDew, ChuckBorn on 23 June 1938 in Massillon, Ohio, Charles Frederick McDew moved to the South when he enrolled at South…
Student Nonviolent Coordinating CommitteeIn the midst of the civil rights sit-ins of 1960, Ella Baker organized a conference for student activists at Shaw…
Watkins, HollisBorn near the Lincoln County, Mississippi, town of Summit on 29 July 1941, Hollis Watkins, the youngest of John and…
Zellner, BobBorn in Alabama on 5 April 1939, John Robert Zellner was the second of James Abraham Zellner and Ruby Hardy…
